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So I was doing my usual boring internet routine and while on Myspace they have those adds and this particular one was for The last Airbender(cartoon version) and the Craziest realization happened! I though to myself "HOLY FREE EMPEROR! MOMO WASN'T MENTIONED ONCE IN THE TRAILER!". I've seen a few trailers and now that I think about it, I haven't seen the Flying monkey creature anywhere......now this along with the movie upsets me.


But aside from that, what are other people's thoughts on this movie. I believe it may be good with some major crap-fills for people who watched the cartoon(like myself) and people who were big fans(can't say I was but I enjoyed it).

For one, the Airbender(can't remember his name :( ) Looks way too young.

For two, a single line from the trailer made me furious, Kiara(I think her name was, she and the Airbender had that thing going in the cartoon) said something in the grounds of "We have ignited the fires of the rebellion! We have these gifts and must use them for good" at this I was furious! Because from what I remember of the Cartoon, MANY people could bend if not everyone. Most people couldn't because they did not train or hone in on their skills, but from what I remember everyone could. If I'm wrong please correct me on that.

For the Third and I believe final : I wonder if they will make a series of movies or not because it seemed like they were trying to cram all of the seasons(not very well in my opinion) into one 2 hour movie.

But don't get me wrong, this movie looks VERY well made, the graphics look phenomenal! Chances are I'm definitely going to see this move! I may have to erase my knowledge of the actual series in order to enjoy it, but I'll probably enjoy it no doubt.

No, not everyone can bend. It just looks that way. I got hooked on the cartoon by my 5 year old nephew (im 23), but I'm scared to see how bad Mr. Shamalan (can never spell his name) butchered it...

Aang was only 12, and only a certain amount of people in each nation could actually bend, which is why most of the fire nation was actually at home being completely average humans during the war and invasions

The first movie is season one, it ends just as season one ends, so there should be 2 more

They put Appa in the movie, so I really home Momo is in there too, he rocks

AH! Thanks guys
Well considering how man Fire Nation firebending soldiers they had.........If they attacked with Civis and Benders, they'd win in at least one day.

Well of course Momo rocks, thanks for the reminder of the name. I mean, he saved Aang(again thanks for the reminder) so many times by scratching people in the face.

But I still think it dumb to try to fit a season that would last you at minimum 1 day to watch into 2 hours.....that just eliminates so many good things that could be put in it.

The thing that worried me about the trailer is that Aang doesn't look happy enough. Avatar don't need no grimdark, foo'!

Da Boss wrote:Aang doesn't look happy enough.

HAHAHAHA

Well if you can consider that he is almost ALWAYS fighting in the trailers! That would explain the grimdarkness of all of his expressions

Well, reviews are out, and it is supposedly absolutely awful.

I would harbor hope if these were uneducated critics, but they are referencing the show constantly and saying what a shame the film is.

Ill still go see it, but Im saddened.

its got a 0% percent on rotten tomatoes

Ifalna wrote:Well, reviews are out, and it is supposedly absolutely awful.

I would harbor hope if these were uneducated critics, but they are referencing the show constantly and saying what a shame the film is.

Ill still go see it, but Im saddened.

youbedead wrote:its got a 0% percent on rotten tomatoes

Ifalna and Fello Dead man,
I am a little disappointed.....never read reviews. because then when you go to the movies, all the bad that they said in the reviews will be running through your head and you may not truly enjoy the movie.

Of course, ignore that disappointed bit if the review place you go to writes reviews that match your movie likes 'Perfectly'.

But hey, of all else, if you just ignore the fact that its based off of a cartoon and imagine its a new movie that was just thought of. If I have to, thats what I may do

Can't do Avatar TLAB without Mako Iwamatsu as Uncle Iroh... just ain't proper... (kinda hard cause he's gone now). The father figure, philosopher and soul of the cartoon series... his unique voice acting skills really sold the character and kept the cartoon series from devolving into a vacuous pre-teen romp.

OH, and I avoid anything done my M. Knight Shamalamalamadingdong on principal.

I think we can all agree that even dragonball evolution was better than this piece of shat?

And I agree about Mako Iwamatsu. I freakin loved him!

While i think its nice for a movie remade from a cartoon should pay its homage , i never watch a movie with the expectation of it been just the cartoon made into real actors.
I prefer to look at it as a standalone work. I mean satisfying the fans is nice , but making a movie that others that have never seen avatar cartoon before can enjoy , is also nice.

I didnt watch the movie yet , but the fight scenes look really good , though i understand people complaining about the casts lol.

Ah, well I suppose I'll have to back down cause you two are apparetnly major fans to know one of the voice actoers :/

Sadly at the time when this show was aired. I was like " O this is cool" younger kid mind kicked in " HEY LOOK! SHINY OUTSIDE! MUST CHASE!"

Commissar NIkev wrote:Ah, well I suppose I'll have to back down cause you two are apparetnly major fans to know one of the voice actoers :/

Sadly at the time when this show was aired. I was like " O this is cool" younger kid mind kicked in " HEY LOOK! SHINY OUTSIDE! MUST CHASE!"

LOLOLOLL...

LunaHound wrote:While i think its nice for a movie remade from a cartoon should pay its homage , i never watch a movie with the expectation of it been just the cartoon made into real actors.
I prefer to look at it as a standalone work. I mean satisfying the fans is nice , but making a movie that others that have never seen avatar cartoon before can enjoy , is also nice.

I didnt watch the movie yet , but the fight scenes look really good , though i understand people complaining about the casts lol.

-Glares at Luna-

what you say is true, but I mean if your going to copy or remake something, then at least do it with the proper details, don't make up stuff here and there to 'explain' certain things.

-No hostility intended, just wanted to make that known....the glare was just kidding.-

Commissar NIkev wrote:

LunaHound wrote:While i think its nice for a movie remade from a cartoon should pay its homage , i never watch a movie with the expectation of it been just the cartoon made into real actors.
I prefer to look at it as a standalone work. I mean satisfying the fans is nice , but making a movie that others that have never seen avatar cartoon before can enjoy , is also nice.

I didnt watch the movie yet , but the fight scenes look really good , though i understand people complaining about the casts lol.

-Glares at Luna-

what you say is true, but I mean if your going to copy or remake something, then at least do it with the proper details, don't make up stuff here and there to 'explain' certain things.

-No hostility intended, just wanted to make that known....the glare was just kidding.-

I know , but we should make a bet lol. Do you think shalaman actually watched Air Bender xD

Most of the complaints I've seen about the movie is that it isn't like the show. If there never was an Airbender cartoon, how would this show fare as a stand alone movie, as Luna said?

The trailers look incredible, so I have to ask .

Most of the complaints I've seen about the movie is that it isn't like the show. If there never was an Airbender cartoon, how would this show fare as a stand alone movie, as Luna said?

The trailers look incredible, so I have to ask .

Most of the complaints I've seen about the movie is that it isn't like the show. If there never was an Airbender cartoon, how would this show fare as a stand alone movie, as Luna said?

The trailers look incredible, so I have to ask .

If there was never a cartoon, the big complaint would be the horrendous acting. And it was baaaaad.

It was entertaining, but it was a bad movie. By the way, Momo is in it but it doesn't really do anything. I don't even think it gets named.

Vladsimpaler wrote: By the way, Momo is in it but it doesn't really do anything. I don't even think it gets named.

HERESY, BLASPHEMY, COMPLETE DAMNATION!
That ANGERS ME!

I'm gonna go grumble in a corner about how mad I am.....
-grumble grumble damn Shamalon grumble grumble-

@Luna - HAHA! Of course he didn't! HAHA!

Relapse wrote:Most of the complaints I've seen about the movie is that it isn't like the show. If there never was an Airbender cartoon, how would this show fare as a stand alone movie, as Luna said?

The trailers look incredible, so I have to ask .

Most critics are fairly indifferent to the changes from the cartoon (as you'd expect). The reason it's scoring so poorly is the glacial pacing, awful dialogue, unconvincing performances and great big exposition dumps.

sebster wrote:
Most critics are fairly indifferent to the changes from the cartoon (as you'd expect). The reason it's scoring so poorly is the glacial pacing, awful dialogue, unconvincing performances and great big exposition dumps.

Awe

I haven't seen the movie and did not follow the cartoon. I am not a fanboi of the franchise or the director.

As LunaHound expressed, one should not ever expect a film to be an exact 'live-action' translation of any other form of media (cartoon, novel, TV show, etc.). That would result in a lousy film copy of the original. A movie has its own set of parameters to work within.

No one who has ever seen one of M. Night Shyamalan's movies, should be suprised to hear that he made a snail-paced film. Though this often happens because marketers misrepresent his movies in the trailers. Looking at the 'Airbender' trailers one would think it is an action movie. 'Unbreakable' was represented as a superhero action movie resulting in many disappointed moviegoers.

Going into a movie with the wrong expectations nearly always results in disappointment.

utan wrote:I haven't seen the movie and did not follow the cartoon. I am not a fanboi of the franchise or the director.

As LunaHound expressed, one should not ever expect a film to be an exact 'live-action' translation of any other form of media (cartoon, novel, TV show, etc.). That would result in a lousy film copy of the original. A movie has its own set of parameters to work within.

No one who has ever seen one of M. Night Shyamalan's movies, should be suprised to hear that he made a snail-paced film. Though this often happens because marketers misrepresent his movies in the trailers. Looking at the 'Airbender' trailers one would think it is an action movie. 'Unbreakable' was represented as a superhero action movie resulting in many disappointed moviegoers.

Going into a movie with the wrong expectations nearly always results in disappointment.

Well, you speak the truth, but if something is going to be brought into another form of media, it shouldn't be as different as some people say. and it shouldn't have a 'similar' story, it should have the same story.

But no comment on Shyamalon's movies cause I don't think i've ever seen them.

From what I have gathered, M. Night actually did watch the series and took the idea for a film version to the studio.
I also gather that it was the acting that most hurt the film. That however is almost always on the director. Bad casting, and bad directing will kill a film faster than a bad script..... and it doesnt help that Sham wrote that too.
Bad script, bad acting, bad directing.... At least Steven Segal has enough sense to go straight to DVD.

I thought that the cartoon was boring and awful, and after hearing all of the hate at the movie, it sounds like I simply must see it just to see if it's really that bad.

-glares at warpcrafter-

Commissar NIkev wrote:-glares at warpcrafter-

***Is it a crime that I prefer Ben 10? If it is, I'm guilty***

-glares at warpcrafter even harder-


-racks bolt pistol-

haha just kidding